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persistent vegetative state

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pts have lost all awareness and cognitive function but may remain w/ their eyes open, exhibit sleep-wake cycles and maintain respiration/ANS functions

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locked-in syndrome

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pt is awake and intact cognitively, with no abnormality of consciousness however a large lesion at the base of the pons has left them unable to move extremities and most of face

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criteria for brain death

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  • pt must be comatose
  • absent brainstem reflexes
  • no spontaneous respirations even when PCO2 is high (apnea test)
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acute confusional state

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sometimes called encephalopathy or delirium; characterized by an inability to carry out a coherent plan of thought or action; primarily the result of a core problem with attention